Provost
Robert Barchi and Executive Vice President John Fry invite all members
of the Penn community to attend the next Strategic Plan Open Forum
to be held on Tuesday, April 2 at 4 p.m. in the Golkin Room,
Houston Hall. The Strategic Plan is scheduled to be published in
next week's Almanac and all are encouraged to provide input
during the "For Comment" period.

The
development of Penn's new strategic plan builds upon The Agenda
for Excellence(Almanac
May 1, 2001), which is available from Almanac's website,
www.upenn.edu/almanac
. It will provide a foundation for the University's next five-year
planning process.

The
Office of College Houses and Academic Services is seeking nominations
and applications for two positions: Faculty Master of W.E.B. DuBois
College House and Faculty Master of Hill College House. For more
information, visit the College House web site at www.upenn.edu/resliv/chas/staff. Inquiries should be directed to David Fox, Associate Director
for Academic Services, 112 Hamilton College House/6180 (dfox@sas.upenn.edu).

Look for Open Enrollment materials to arrive at your home address
during the week of April 15, 2002.

Beginning
April 22, you will be able to enroll via the Open Enrollment website,
www.hr.upenn.edu/openenroll
/ or by calling the Penn Benefits Center at 1-888-PENN-BEN (1-888-736-6236).

Please
note that you may only make changes to your elections from April
22 through May 3, 2002.

The
Open Enrollment Benefits Fairs

An
opportunity to talk with providers and pick up new provider directories:

Wednesday,
April 24, Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Monday,
April 29, Reading Room & Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 10
a.m.-2:30 p.m.--This will be a joint Open Enrollment and Health
Fair combining the efforts of the Benefits and Quality of Worklife
divisions of Human Resources. Take advantage of free health screenings
in addition to the opportunity to obtain information from the benefits
providers.

The
University has eliminated its campus-wide FedEx account number.*
In order to make FedEx shipments and receive the Penn discount,
you must use pre-printed airbills with your new departmental account
number. Don't pay full price--use a departmental airbill and save
up to 40%.

To
receive your pre-printed airbills/ order number:

Fax
a completed airbill, with all fields as you wish them to appear,
to Chaqueta Marshall at (215) 898-1604. A Mail Service representative
will call you regarding your new account number.

Standard
FedEx Charge

PennFedEx
Charge

(without
a pre-printed departmental airbill)

(with
a pre-printed departmental airbill)

Priority
overnight letter

$17.23

$9.76

Standard
overnight letter

$15.36

$9.40

If
you have questions, or if you need additional information, please
call:

Phyllis
Vizzachero, (215) 898-7903

Chaqueta
Marshall, (215) 898-5160

Janet
Wetherill, Manager, Penn Mail Service

*The
old University-wide account number, 1083-0218-6, has been discontinued.
FedEx will no longer ship packages with this account number.